2.4 Billion

guido

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Hello,

That is is how many telemarketer calls go out each month! Much bigger number that I ever thought!!! They also reported that the phone companies got the O.K. to stop the robo calls. Will see.........


Guido.
 
Got a call and heard the "I'm having trouble with my headset" BS. Was driving, so I cranked up the radio and left the phone on the seat so she could enjoy the music. For some reason, she hung up!!
 
That number actually sounds low to me.1 cal per day per person in USA wold be like 10 billion. I know I get a lot more now than in the past.
 
I assume you already know that the robocallers completely ignore the DNC registry....

This is, of course, why I never answer my phone, unless I know who is on the other end.

If it's important, they'll leave a message. If, not, I don't have time.

Dean
 
Hello Dean,

Yea! They all ignore the do not call list. My latest tactic is to hang up if I am home. I'd say the calls dropped by 75%. Goes for the many times they hanged up on me,

Guido.
 
Phil, I don't think she heard the music it's a recording, I get the same one a couple times a day
and some times I let it talk and sometimes I hang up.
 
I just let the answering machine take the calls, both on my landline and cell phone. If it's important, they'll leave a message. 99% of them do not.
While I wouldn't do it today because of the repercussion that a telemarketer could do, I managed to get the last laugh one time to a telemarketer, about 20 years ago. I was working night shift and I had just woke up late in the afternoon, about the same time they would start to call. (This was before caller ID) A pleasant-sounding lady on the other end started asking the courteous questions, like how I was doing and if I was enjoying my day. I decided to play along and politely answered her and even asked a few back myself, probably for about a minute. She then asked if I worked out or exercised. I did and I made sure I told her where I worked out and all the weights that I used. She told me all the exercise that she did and how many hours a week she worked out. She then told me that when you exercise, you actually destroy muscle tissue and that the body rebuilds it. If pushed hard, the body rebuilds it larger than before. (I knew that fact. It's how body-builders get huge, toned muscles) The conversation then switched to a new supplement that was on the market. She told me all about it and how it was so much more wonderful than anything else on the market. I was still polite to her and acted interested in her product, having her describe it to me and had her tell me the ingredients they put into this product. At the very end, she somehow told me the price of this magic elixir, which I recall was about $250 for a 30 day supply, quite a bit of money 20 years ago. I wasn't phased and said that good products demand high prices. After about 20 minutes of this sweet-talking, she then casually said that she was going to switch me over to the person that would take my address and my money. I casually mentioned to her that I had no intention of every buying her product.
There was this long silence on the other end....
She asked me when she had lost the sale, because she thought every thing was going so smooth. I told her that there never was going to be a sale because the minute she called me I decided that I was going to waste her time exactly the same way that she was wasting my time.
Suddenly she started swearing at me like a sailor on shore leave and I honestly haven't heard as many swear words come out of a woman's mouth before or since.
I was laughing out loud as it was her who hung up on me.
 
I like to mess with them to. One time a sweet sounding lady called me while I was at work. There was about 6 guys with me in a conference room when I took the call and told them to listen to this! She started talking to me about a trip and kept hitting on her, asking what she was wearing and about her sizes . She keep talking and I went one to tell her about farm boys growing them big ! She hung up and the guys in the room were rolling on the floor laughing. That afternoon my wife called and said the travel agency was going to call me about our trip with to co-op. Oops!
 
I love to mess with them, keep them on line for as long as I can, asking stupid questions or whatever. Had one going to send me on a cruse ,asked her if I could get a cruse on the Mississippi River as I could not get a passport.She asked me to hold and next thing the boss man was talking to me. He informed me that I did not need a passport if I was back on board the ship by a certain time. I resisted this and eventually ended the call. Most of the time I just give them a LOUD noise when they come on the phone. Usually is a gunshot about 2 inches from the phone. The wife says some time the cops are going to show up , not yet. joe
 
I used to answer them but found that the I phone has call blocking. My voice mail says leave a message and I will call you back. No message, call gets blocked ! Average 2-3 calls a day that get blocked !
 
I get that same "Having trouble with my head set" one,,,I lift the hook and hang up when they come in. I get 6-8 a day here,,I go to the phone when I hear it,,and check the ID,,but now they some how use a local phone number to fake me out...
 

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